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Agr. For. Dept of Agriculture & Forestry	AIR Aircraft	Auto Emer. Automobile Emergency	BC.R Broadcast Remote
BIFC Boise (ID) Interagency Fire Cache	Bur.Recl. Bureau of Reclamation	BUS Business	Buses.Trucks Motor Carriers
CAP Civil Air Patrol	CB Citizens Band	CCA Common Carrier	CSB Conventional Systems
CTSB Conventional/Trunked Systems	FIRE, FD Fire Department	For.Prod. Forest Products	Fors.Cons. Forestry Conservation
GOVT Federal Government	GMR General Mobile Radio	GTR General Trunked	HAM Amateur (HAM) Radio
Hwy. Highway Maintenance	IND Industrial Services	Land Tr. Land Transportation	L.Govt. Local Government
MARI Maritime Limited Coast	MARS Military Affiliate Radio System	MED Emergency/Medical Services	Mfg. Manufacturers
MIL U.S. Military	Mob.Tel. Mobile Telephone	MOV, Mot.P. Motion Picture/Video Industry	NP, Nat.Park National Parks
NEW Mobile Narrow	NEWS Relay Press	OIL, Pet. Oil/Petroleum Industry	Page Radio Paging
POL, PD Police Department	Power Power Utilities	Press Relay Press	PUB Public Services
PSB Public Safety	PTR Private Trunked	RR Railroad	ROAD Road & Highway Maintenance
RTV Radio/TV Remote Broadcast Pickup	St.PD State Police	Sp.Emer. Special Emergency	Sp.Ind. Special Industry
TAXI Taxi Services	TELB Mobile Telephone	TELC Cordless Telephones	TELM Telephone Maintenance
TOW Tow Trucks	TRAN Transportation Services	TSB Trunked Systems	TVn FM-TV Audio Broadcast
USCGS U.S. Coastal & Geodetic Survey	USN U.S. Navy	USXX Government Classified	U.S.W.B. U.S. Weather Bureau
UTIL Power & Water Utilities	WTHR Weather